Two photos from my recent lawn renovation. First photo is about an hour after I seeded. Weather man said we were going to get a “light sprinkling in the late evening”. Got 3” at noon instead…
Second picture is 2 weeks post-seeding. It’s coming in nicely and I have only noticed a little bit of clumping. (The lawn was completely bare since I nuked it all down)
I’m posting because I felt dejected when I was taking the first picture and wanted to let everyone know that it will be okay.
PS: I used GCI Turf TTTF and I’m near St. Louis. 🙂
by griffin7008
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Not sure how they seed didn’t get washed away, I could consider your situation to be a bit lucky. There was a downpour (about the same amount as you got) and most of my seeds definitely got washed away.
Good drainage really helps. I had about 3” in an hour the day after I seeded, more than we had cumulative the previous 5 months.
On previous years it would have washed everything away but I had just done a 5” aeration with a big ride-on machine. Almost nothing washed away except a few channels that opened up from the flower beds.
https://preview.redd.it/qbexuju84xsf1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e07ec8ea4f18d1b17e938c287a555767dd1018e9
Hurricane Helene came through my area and gave me 8.5 inches of rain in under 36 hours last year exactly 5 days after I seeded. I thought I was completely done for and felt crushed that all my hard work was wasted. Once the rain stopped I went outside and couldn’t find seed anywhere. Apparently, it rained so hard that the seeds must have been driven into the soil, because a few days later I had seedlings coming up everywhere with hardly any bare spots. Somehow it didn’t all float away. It was a full reno like this one too. Maybe I got lucky, but it certainly worked out in the end.
I pray for heavy rain. I’ve used 17,000 gallons of water since September 17. I usually use 3,500 gallons. I reseeded a 1/2 acre.
Very nice!
Nice but your area looks fairly flat